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Marcelo Rios #9 def. Jim Courier #24

6-3 3-6 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	May 18, 1997*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Marcelo Rios
Score	6-3 3-6 7-6(4)
Loser	Jim Courier

Stat	Marcelo Rios	Jim Courier
Aces	5	9
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	46	53
First serve points won %	56	61
Second serve points won %	67	52
Break points saved %	44	72
Break points converted %	28	56
Service points won %	62	57
Return points won %	43	38
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcelo Rios	Jim Courier
Country	CHI	USA
Birth date	Dec 26, 1975	Aug 17, 1970
Age	21	26
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	24
Ranking points (entering)	2,072	1,316
Elo (entering)	1,901	1,920
Career W-L	366–179	487–222
Career earnings	$9,713,771	$14,034,132

Pre-match H2H

Marcelo Rios 1 – 0 Jim Courier

Path

Marcelo Rios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Magnus Larsson	4-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1997	R32	Fabrice Santoro	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Omar Camporese	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Marcelo Rios's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1997	SF	Alberto Berasategui	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jim Courier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1997	R16	Marc Rosset	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1997	R32	Albert Portas	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1997	R64	Pete Sampras	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data